Paul Alexis Raymond de la Croisette, called Charles (

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, 14 April 1796 – Paris, 10 July 1849) was a 19th-century French

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Biography

An archivist at the French

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, his

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, often signed ''Charles'', were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his lifetime: Théâtre de l'Odéon,

Théâtre du Vaudeville The Théâtre du Vaudeville was a theatre company in Paris. It opened on 12 January 1792 on rue de Chartres. Its directors, Piis and Barré, mainly put on "petites pièces mêlées de couplets sur des airs connus", including vaudevilles. Af ...

, Théâtre du Gymnase-Dramatique etc. Following a trial with the management of the Théâtre du Vaudeville related to the play ''La leçon de Mathématiques'', none of his plays was ever presented. In 1834, he was admitted yet in the which may suggest that he still published at that time under a

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which has not been identified.

Œuvres

*1817: ''L'hôtel Bazancourt'', vaudeville en 1 acte, 1817 *1820: ''Les marieurs écossais ou Une matinée à Gretna-Green'', comédie vaudeville in 1 act *1820: ''La Suite du ''Folliculaire'' ou l'Article en suspens'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with

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, Langlé,

Eugène Scribe Augustin Eugène Scribe (; 24 December 179120 February 1861) was a French dramatist and librettist. He is known for writing "well-made plays" ("pièces bien faites"), a mainstay of popular theatre for over 100 years, and as the librettist of man ...

and Théaulon *1821: ''Le Baptême de village, ou le Parrain de circonstance, vaudeville in 1 act'', with de Bury, Chavagnac and Ledoux *1821: ''La Créancière'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with

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*1822: ''Les Femmes romantiques'', comédie-vaudeville, avec Théaulon, 1822 *1822: ''Une journée à Montmorency'', tableau-vaudeville in 1 act, with Théaulon and

Ferdinand Langlé Ferdinand Langlé, full name Joseph-Adophe-Adrien-Ferdinand Langlois, (21 November 1798 – 18 October 1867) was a French playwright and journalist. He was the founder of the company. Biography Joseph Langlois is the son of Honoré Langlé ...

, 1822 *1822: ''Une visite aux Invalides'', à-propos mingled with couplets on the occasion of Saint-Louis's day *1823: ''Le Magasin de lumière'', scènes à-propos de l'éclairage par le gaz, with Langlé,

Mathurin-Joseph Brisset Mathurin-Joseph Brisset (22 November 1792 – 7 June 1856) was a French writer, poet, political journalist and playwright of the first half of the 19th century. Biography A bodyguard attached to the company of Havré, then an infantry officer ...

and Théaulon *1823: ''Le comte d'Angoulême, ou Le siège de Gênes'', with

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, Michel-Joseph Gentil de Chavagnac and

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*1823: ''Le siège de Gênes'', comédie héroïque in 2 acts, with Chavagnac, Ledoux and de Bury *1824: ''Mr Manuel'', 1824 *1824: ''Mes derniers vingt sols'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Théaulon *1824: ''Grétry'', opéra-comique in 1 act, with de Bury and Ledoux *1825: ''Le Béarnais, ou la Jeunesse de Henri IV'', comedy in 1 act and in free verses, with de Bury and Ledoux *1826: ''La Fête du roi, ou le Remède à la goutte'', comedy in 1 act and in verses, with Paul Ledoux *1827: ''La leçon de mathématiques'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act *1828: ''J'épouse ma femme'', vaudeville in 1 act *undated: ''Mon rêve, ou J'étais ministre''

Honours

* Chevalier de la

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(14 mai 1845) * Officier de la Légion d'honneur (23 mai 1848)Base LEONORE, dossier H/2264/25
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Bibliography

Joseph Marie Quérard Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

, ''La France littéraire ou dictionnaire bibliographique'', vol.7, 1835, p. 448
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{{DEFAULTSORT:La Croisette, Ramond De 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights Writers from Paris 1796 births 1849 deaths